Apr 26 Just Ask: Why Does Antimatter Matter? By Jenny Marder The STAR detector at Brookhaven National Laboratory. This week, a team of researchers from the Brookhaven National Laboratory announced they had discovered helium's twin particle, antihelium-4, the heaviest antimatter nucleus observed yet. So what does that mean, and why do… Continue reading
Apr 25 With the Space Shuttle Retiring, Dream Chaser Aims to Fill the Gap *Graduate student Drew Gottula tests Dan Anderson's ability to reach the controls in the cockpit while simulating g-forces during takeoff.* In the basement of the aerospace engineering department at the University of Colorado, a team of graduate students sit… Continue reading
Apr 25 What We’re Reading: Human Brain Map, PhillieBot and ‘Brain Time’ Can Fear Slow Time? When David Eagleman fell from the roof of an Albuquerque construction site, time seemed to slow down. Now 39, and an assistant professor of neuroscience at Baylor University, he is studying the brain's biological… Continue reading
Apr 22 Earth Day: Around the Nation Earth Day was first celebrated on April 22, 1970, one year after an oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif. leaked 100,000 barrels of oil into the ocean. At the time, it was the largest oil spill in… Continue reading
Apr 22 Supercomputer Simulations Reveal Supernova’s Insides Imagine being able to see inside a star during the moments before it explodes. In the National Science Foundation's* latest Science Nation piece, Science Correspondent Miles O'Brien shows us how Princeton University astrophysicist Adam Burrows uses computer generated,… Continue reading
Apr 21 Watch Technology Failures, Perils of Deepwater Drilling Among Gulf Oil Spill’s Lessons In his new book, "A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea," Washington Post reporter Joel Achenbach chronicles the 2010 struggle to stop what would become the nation's worst off-shore oil spill. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Achenbach about the battle… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch Autism Now: For Adults With Autism, Few Support Options Past Age 21 Although federal law mandates educational services for children with autism, there are virtually no support services provided once they become adults. In the fifth report in his Autism Now series, Robert MacNeil profiles a young man in New Jersey --… Continue watching
Apr 21 Budget Showdown: What’s In the Obama and Ryan Plans? By Paul Solman Editor's Note: This week President Obama has been crisscrossing the country, selling his budget plan to the American people. Meanwhile, Republican Representative Paul Ryan has been pitching his budget proposal to constituents in Wisconsin. We wanted… Continue reading
Apr 21 Share Your iPhone, iPad Location Maps The smart-phone world is buzzing over the fact that some iPhones store location data in your phones and keep a copy on the computers that sync with your devices. Continue reading
Apr 21 ‘Louisiana Water Stories’ Documents the Culture and Curses of SOLA In southern Louisiana, life revolves around the water. Half of Louisiana's residents live in coastal areas, and nearly 30 percent of America's seafood comes from the Gulf region. Jon Bowermaster's latest documentary, "SOLA: Louisiana Water Stories", looks at… Continue reading